Roy Albert WHEATON

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Service Number:	648
Enlisted:	1 October 1914
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	9th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Port Adelaide, South Australia, 14 April 1891
Home Town:	Birkenhead, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Alberton Public School, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Seaman
Died:	Died of wounds, Palestine, 23 April 1917, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Deir El Belah War Cemetery, Israel
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Adelaide St Paul's Church Memorial Alcove

1 Oct 1914:	Enlisted
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 648, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 648, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne
23 Apr 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 648, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 648 awm_unit: 9 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-23
Date unknown:	Wounded 648, 9th Light Horse Regiment

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